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Spherical aberration in optical systems

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, , Citation T Y Baker 1941 Proc. Phys. Soc. 53 531 DOI 10.1088/0959-5309/53/5/304

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Abstract

The paper deals with the shapes of caustics when aberrations of higher order than the first are taken into account. It is shown that, where a system is under-corrected at the "zone", it should be substantially under-corrected at the edge in order to obtain the best performance.

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10.1088/0959-5309/53/5/304